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New Sector Head leads WBD's Retail & Hospitality offering
13 May 2022
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson is refreshing its sector offering with the launch of a combined Retail & Hospitality Sector and the appointment of a new Sector Head.
Business rates discount not new and not targeted says regeneration expert
23 Mar 2022
Tim Burbidge, Partner in the Real Estate Group at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson and specialist in development and regeneration, explained the business rates discount the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the Spring Statement this afternoon isn’t new but the same promise he made in his Autumn 2021 budget.
CMA targets "green" claims in fashion retail sector
26 Jan 2022
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) put businesses on notice last year that it would carry out a full review of misleading green claims at the start of 2022, after it found that 40% of green claims made online could be misleading, and that it would prioritise which sectors to review.
WBD advises Wykeland Group on new letting at former Debenhams store
17 Dec 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson has advised Wykeland Group on its latest letting at the Flemingate centre in Beverley, East Yorkshire, to homeware retailer Dunelm.
WBD advises Mercia on investment into high flying retail business
01 Oct 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised investment firm Mercia Asset Management (Mercia) on its £750K investment in North East retail business, The Handbag Clinic.
WBD leads on Jeffreys Interiors MBO
05 May 2021
WBD has advised on the management buy-out of Edinburgh-based interior design business Jeffreys Interiors.
Unopposed lease renewal case provides insight into Court's approach to determining new lease terms
22 Apr 2021
The recent case of WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited v Commerz Real Investmentgesellshaft MBH is an unopposed lease renewal case under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the Act).
As a relatively rare example of an unopposed lease renewal case that proceeded to trial, this case provides insight into the Court's approach to determining terms of a new lease where there is no agreement between the parties. The terms of particular interest in this case were the trigger pandemic rent suspension clause, the rent payable under the new lease, and the interim rent payable
As a relatively rare example of an unopposed lease renewal case that proceeded to trial, this case provides insight into the Court's approach to determining terms of a new lease where there is no agreement between the parties. The terms of particular interest in this case were the trigger pandemic rent suspension clause, the rent payable under the new lease, and the interim rent payable
WBD advises Cairngorm Capital on latest investment to support management buy-out of Bromborough Paints
19 Mar 2021
WBD has advised Cairngorm Capital on its majority investment in Bromborough Paint & Building Supplies Limited, supporting a management buy-out by its executive team.
WBD advises household retail brand on duo of acquisitions
05 Feb 2021
WBD has advised Keswick Flooring Ltd , a subsidiary of Europe's largest retailer of carpets, flooring and beds, Nestware Holdings Ltd, which also operates Carpetright , on its acquisition of the business and assets of Flooring Megastore Ltd and Contemporary Trade Flooring Ltd.
Will collapsed high street retailers survive online?
03 Dec 2020
On the back of the news that Debenhams has gone into administration, Philip Knight, lends his thoughts to the reduced footfall on the high street and the increasing surge of online shopping spend
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